Saturday, August 29, 2015

Base Ball Park, Knoxville, Tenn.

Over the years I've had the pleasure and privilege of meeting people involved with, or interested in baseball in east Tennessee. One of those is Walter "Hawkeye" Bates. I met Hawkeye through his involvement with the Knoxville Holstons Vintage Base Ball Club. He's a member and I'm a fan. Several months ago he mentioned to me that he had a photo/postcard of an old baseball ground in Knoxville. My interest was immediately piqued.

We talked about it off and on through the summer and he finally got tired of me pestering him and sent a photo my way.

I did see a listing on ebay for this postcard and a date of 1913 was attached. I don't know if that was the date that the postcard was mailed or if there's some other info that indicates that this park was in use that year. If it does depict a park in 1913 that might have been Caswell Park.

1 comment:

Mark: It is always great talking baseball and base ball (the 19th century version). I think it was actually my forgetfulness that delayed my getting the card to you. The post card is now framed and I neglected to copy the back of it. As I recall, however, the 1910 date came from the postmark. Thanks for being a fan and keeping the history of baseball alive.Hawkeye Bates